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| Piňata A Great Party Game Explained |
The History and Origins of Piñatas
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Piñatas have been used for hundreds of years in Latin America
where it is still a strong tradition. Sources say that the piñata started
life as a painted clay pot decorated with colourful paper and filled
with sweets and money.
Piñata is a Spanish word and pronounced Pin-yah-ta.
The word is derived from the Spanish verb apinar, meaning to join,
or to bind in a bundle. Piñatas later evolved into intricate papier-mâché figures and forms as seen today, however papier-mâché is very time consuming process and piñatas are now made with cardboard but still decorated with colourful tissues by hand. Busting a piñata at a child’s party or a festival is still very much a tradition in Hispanic countries and has proved a great hit in the UK over the last few years with the young and old alike. |
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Piñata’s are supplied unfilled, for you to fill with your own choice.
There is a white paper disc which is easily pushed in to create a hole and enable you to fill your piñata with sweets, toys and tissue confetti before the party begins. Make sure there is enough filling for everyone taking part to get at least a couple of goodies.
Included on your piñata is a plastic hook, where you will need to tie some strong rope and hang it where it can swing freely, preferably out doors. Children take it in turns to hit the piñata with a stick (buster). The piñatas are quite strong as adults use them too, therefore let each child hit the piñata a couple of times before moving on to the next child. Older children and adults can be blindfolded to make this more fun and the game last longer.
The aim is to break the piñata and the contents spill to the floor. For safety reasons, whilst someone is hitting the piñata, make sure everyone else is kept well away. There needs to be a safe clearance of approx 15 feet radius.
The piñata may break slowly, with bits dropping to the floor. It is best to wait until the piñata has completely broken and spilled its contents before the children make a dash for them, again for safety reasons, as there may be someone still hitting the piñata. Once the piñata breaks and the fillings fall to the ground, and there is no-one hitting the piñata, the children can make a dash to collect the contents.
What we know for sure is that a piñata, whatever the occasion, will create a spectacular highlight and is the ultimate ice-breaker for everyone to enjoy!
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Small children would have difficulty hitting the traditional piñatas.
Pull Piñatas have been developed with small children in mind. They are supplied unfilled for your own choice of filling and with a plastic hook for hanging them up, the same as the standard piñatas. They have a number of ribbons (approx 12, please see our range of pull piñatas for accurate number of ribbons) attached to the underside of each piñata. One of these ribbons opens a trap door for the contents to spill out.
Before the party starts fill your piñata with toys, sweets and tissue confetti suitable for the age of the children attending your party. Hang this at a suitable height but tape the ribbons out of the way to ensure they are not pulled and the game spoiled before you are ready to play. When you are ready to play the game, we recommend you don’t let the children take it in turns to pull a ribbon. Taking it in turns to pull ribbons will result in some children not receiving a turn at the game and ending in tears, or even worse the first ribbon opens the trap door and all the guests are upset!
We recommend each child holding a ribbon and all pulling at the same time. You could count to 3 and shout ‘Pull’, or you could count to the birthday boy or girls age and then pull the ribbons together.
Although the game is over quite quickly this way all children have received a turn. You can easily tape the trap door shut and have some fillers ready to go into the piñata again to play the game a second time.
Pull piñatas can be used as traditional piñatas and hit with a stick, therefore a pull piñata could be filled and used firstly with the younger guests by pulling the ribbons and refilled for the older children to hit with a stick.
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